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Heidi Heitkamp: A young officer told me how she knew a couple of kids who would get in trouble just so they would have the stability of…

On the recordJuly 14, 2015
A young officer told me how she knew a couple of kids who would get in trouble just so they would have the stability of being incarcerated for a weekend, where they knew someone would actually listen to them, someone would actually feed them and make sure they were taken care of.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

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Heitkamp shares a story illustrating the dire conditions faced by some Native youth.

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